Sunday, February 27, 2011

How Bad Was January, 2011, In North Dakota?

Just  how bad was the winter in North Dakota in January, 2011?

The winter weather shut in hundreds of wells, most of them in the northwestern area of the basin, but most areas were hit. To get an idea of just how badly the oil industry was hit, here are some data points from some selected areas and selected fields.

In each field, the December, 2010, production is listed first, and the production in January, 2011, when the wells were shut in, is listed second and in bold.

It should be noted that the December weather affected production also, but I did not want to show the November production figures since the page might become too busy / too confusing.

Field; December, 2010 production; January, 2011 production
Numbers rounded

Williston area
  • Hebron: 17,000; 0 (and even worse, because the field produced 27,000 in November)
  • Squires: 79,000; 250 (yes, that's not a typo: 250 barrels produced in this field in January 2011)
  • Painted Woods: 71,000; 0 (this field produced as much as 101,000 in September, 2010)
  • Todd: 18,000; 0 (even worse, because this field produced 33,000 in November)
  • Stockyard Creek: 56,000; 27,000
The Big Ones
  • Sanish:  1.3 million; 110,000
  • Parshall: 1.0 million; 9,000
  • Murphy Creek: 192,000; 65,000
  • Alger: 258,000; 31,000
The Reservation (no problem except for Van Hook, for some reason)
  • Big Bend: 111,000; 114,000
  • Reunion Bay: 111,000; 109,000
  • Van Hook: 317,000; 12,000
  • Mandaree: 7,000; 6,000
  • Spotted Horn: 47,000, 27,000

5 comments:

  1. Wow,Van Hook had one well out of 45 producing in December. Hope January looks up...

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  2. Bakken production in the Van Hook (figures rounded):

    September, 2010: 370,000
    October, 2010: 330,000
    November, 2010: 350,000
    December, 2010: 320,000
    January, 2011: 12,000 (not a typo;12,000, according to NDIC if I didn't misread the tables)

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  3. Sorry,got that wrong.Showed one well producing in January.Oye...

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  4. Sorry Bruce,one day I'll learn how to read that page properly.I swear the NDIC field production page showed only one well producing and now it shows 44. I'll take my meds with some beer and go to bed now...

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  5. NDIC may have updated their records. Regardless I have made many mistakes reading things/interpreting things and folks have corrected me which I really, really appreciate.

    If I remember, I will probably delete the comments above since they don't add anything to the discussion (smile) and you can deny you ever said anything. Or just assume NDIC updated their list.

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